Portable golf spectator information system
First Claim
1. A system for conveying information to a viewer of a golf tournament who is not a tournament player, comprising,a group of external input information signals where signals include for at least two tournament players at least a real-time identity of a club that each tournament player is using,a command facility not within the vicinity the players for receiving the external input information signals and transmitting output information signals, anda remote device able to convey transmitted visual information selected by only the viewer who is not a tournament player, comprising a receiver element for receiving transmitted signals conveying visual information, a display element for displaying selected visual information, and a selection element to enable only the viewer and not a tournament player to select the visual information desired to be displayed from a group including at least the real-time identity of the club that the viewer-selected tournament player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player.
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Abstract
A system for conveying viewer-selected information to viewers of a golf tournament includes a group of external input signals, a command facility, and a remote device able to convey viewer-selected information to the viewer. The external signals are from a group that includes at least a real-time identity of a club that a player is using. The remote viewing device is able to convey transmitted visual information and includes (1) a means for receiving transmitted signals conveying visual information, (2) a means for displaying selected visual information, and (3) a means to enable a viewer to select the visual information desired to be displayed from a group including at least the real-time identity of the club that a selected player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for conveying information to a viewer of a golf tournament who is not a tournament player, comprising,
a group of external input information signals where signals include for at least two tournament players at least a real-time identity of a club that each tournament player is using, a command facility not within the vicinity the players for receiving the external input information signals and transmitting output information signals, and a remote device able to convey transmitted visual information selected by only the viewer who is not a tournament player, comprising a receiver element for receiving transmitted signals conveying visual information, a display element for displaying selected visual information, and a selection element to enable only the viewer and not a tournament player to select the visual information desired to be displayed from a group including at least the real-time identity of the club that the viewer-selected tournament player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player.
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9. The system of claim wherein the receiving site is a memory card or the command facility.
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16. An apparatus, comprising,
a golf bag used by a tournament player containing at least two golf clubs, an individually identifiable sensor affixed to each of at least two clubs in the golf bag, a detection element affixed to the golf bag for detecting the sensors on the clubs within range of detection element and a signal-transmission device configured to transmit to a remote viewer and not to the tournament player or other players in the tournament the real-time identity of the club that the tournament player has had removed from the golf bag so that it is no longer within range of the detection element.
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21. The apparatus of 16, further comprising,
a location element affixed individually to each golf bag of at least two players for transmitting the global position of each player bag to the command facility.
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22. A portable information device for spectators of golf tournaments, comprising,
an electrical receiving element configured to allow a spectator and not a tournament player to receive transmitted visual information signals from a command facility, an electrical selection element configured to allow a spectator and not a tournament player to select among received visual information signals in a topical manner from a group that includes at least the real-time identity of a club that a spectator-selected tournament player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player, a electrically-driven screen for conveying visual information to the spectator without a communication element for conveying audio information, and a power source for energizing the electrical elements of the device.
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26. A method of enhancing awareness of a golf tournament, comprising,
obtaining a remote device able to convey transmitted visual information selected by a tournament spectator and not a tournament player, comprising, a receiver element for receiving transmitted signals conveying visual information, a display element for displaying selected visual information, and a selection element to enable the spectator to select the visual information desired to be displayed from a group including at least the real-time identity of the club that a spectator-selected tournament player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player; - and
selecting by a tournament spectator and not a tournament player the received visual information signal of interest about a tournament player from a group including real-time identity of the club that the selected player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of enhancing awareness of a golf tournament, comprising,
obtaining a portable spectator information device by a spectator and not a tournament player, comprising, an electrical receiver element for a spectator and not a tournament player to receive transmitted visual information signals from a command facility, an electrical selection element for the spectator and not the tournament player to select among received visual information in a topical manner from a group that includes at least the type of club removed for a spectator-selected tournament player from a golf bag of the player, a electrically-driven screen for conveying visual information to the spectator and not the tournament player without an audio speaker, and a power source for energizing the electrical elements of the device; - and
selecting by the spectator and not the tournament player of at least one received visual information signal of interest to the spectator about the spectator-selected tournament player being watched from a group including real-time identity of the club that the spectator-selected player has had removed from a golf bag used by the player. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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